“Waiting through that speech was probably the most uncomfortable part.

She’s a living, breathing legend in our industry.”Īlthough there were rumors of a rekindled romance following the speech, Rihanna reportedly “winced” when Drake’s name was brought up in a 2018 Vogue interview. All my adult life I’ve looked up to her even though she’s younger than me. “She’s one of my best friends in the world. “She’s someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22 years old,” he said. Later that year, Rihanna repaid the favor on “Too Good,” from Drake’s album, Views.ĭrake furthered expressed his love for Rihanna at the 2016 MTV VMAs while presenting her with the Vanguard Award. The rapper continued to praise Rihanna in interviews with Ellen DeGeneres and Rolling Stone before joining her on 2016’s “Work,” their second No. They followed up with Drake’s “Take Care” from his 2011 album of the same name, featuring a seductive music video that was released in April 2012. 1 hit, “What’s My Name?,” which led to a pair of steamy performances at the 2011 Grammy Awards and the NBA All-Star Game halftime show.

In October 2010, they united on Rihanna’s No. That November, Rihanna told Hot 97 radio host Angie Martinez that she and Drake were “still friends” while denying they ever had a romance. And for the first time, a woman just brought back that feeling of when I was 17 or 18, and I appreciate it so much because you get into this position and sometimes you just get numb to all those emotions that used to inspire you to write.Ĭoincidentally, Thank Me Later also contains Drake’s Top 5 hit, “Find Your Love,” which was originally written for Rihanna.ĭrake and Rihanna have had an up-and-down personal and musical relationship since 2009. She’s an overwhelming being, like, she’s beautiful and talented and her personality-it’s almost like scary. And really, my whole purpose for putting that on the album was just to pay homage to the fact that she is an amazing woman that made me feel nervous, man. It’s just I am in a confident position right now. And it’s very rare that I feel small around anybody, especially a woman that I like. I’m 23 years old, and I feel like I’m on top of the world right now. He later clarified the comment in an interview with Hot 97, explaining that he was trying to “pay homage” to how nervous Rihanna made him feel on the song: “You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. In an interview with The New York Times following the release of Thank Me Later, Drake expressed a different perspective. You never see it coming, you just get to see it go That felt good, all in all, I learned a lesson from it though There was smoke in the air before, that was me clearing it You could’ve been the one but it wasn’t that serious

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